Flying-machine.



C. H. OROURKE.

FLYING MACHINE APPLICATION FILED NOV-27.1917.

- Patented Sept. '3, 1918. F/EJ 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

INVENTOR C. 15. 7 'ROUR/(E BY 77.774 MWM ATTORNEY C. H. OROURKE.

FLYING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 27, 1917.

Fatentedfiept. 3, 1918.

2 SHEETSSHEET 2.

INVENTOR BY Z7MA/W ATTORNEY new ones.

CORNELIUS HOWARD OROURKE, OF HANFbRD, CALIFORNIA.

FLYING-MACHINE.

1 27 7 467 Specification of Letters Patent. Paibgnfigedl S t 3 191g Application filed November 27, 1917. Serial in. 204,292.

To all whom it may concern: direction of the machine and can steer it by Be-it known that I, CORNELIUS HOWARD means of a steering wheel 11. ORoUnKE, a citizen of the United States, The shaft 12 of the engine extends forresiding at Hanford, in the county of Klngs wardly and carries a ropeller 13 at the and State C lif i h invented new front end of the air ship, while on the rear and useful Improvements in Fly1ng- Maend of said shaft is secured to a sprocket 6o chines, of which the following is a speclficawheel 14 around which passes a sprocket ti chain 16 which also passes around sprocket The present invention relates to improvewheels 17 on longitudinal shafts 18, supments in flyingmachines, the object of the ported as hereinafter described. Extending invention being to provide a flying mach ne transversely, and suitably secured to the which will have great stability, in which frame 'of said casing,'are supporting bars 19 without materially increasing the resistance which are connected by longitudinal bars 21 to its passage through the air, the aviator and form a frame for upper sustaining can readily move from a position in front of planes 22, said frames being covered 1 with the machine to a position behind the engine, canvas, or like material. The frame of each or' conversely, and which will have convenplane 22 also comprises bars 23 extending ient means for operating the steering mechupwardly from the outside of the bottom of anism. the chamber 3 and curving upwardly and Other advantages of the invention will be outwardly in approximately parabolic curves hereinafter fully explained and particularly and then horizontally and connected at their pointed out in the claim. outer ends with the upper transverse bars 19. In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 The upper front sustaining planes 22 curve is a side view of the machine; Fig. 2 is a downwardly rearward, as clearly shown in. plan view thereof, part being broken away Figs. 1 and 6, and, in addition, there is a to show the frame work of the machine; Fig. lower sustaining plane 24 secured at its micl- 3 is a front view; Fig. 4 is a longitudinal dle portion to the under side of the frame of central vertical section on the line t4 of the chamber 3, which lower plane likewise Fig. 2; Fig. 5 is a cross section on the line curves downwardly rearward. The lower 55 of Fig. 2 looking to the front; Fig. 6 lane 24 terminates in the same vertical is a side view of the body of the machine, a plane as the upper planes 24, but its front propeller and other parts being removed; edge is very far to the rear of the front Fig. 7 is a cross section on the line 77 of edges of the upper planes, also the down- Fig. 2, looking to the back; Fig. 8 is a cross ward curvature of said upper'planes is much section on the line 8'58 of Fig. 2; Fig; 9 is a greater than that of the lower plane, so that cross section on the line 99 of Fig. 2, lookthe air, guided against the rear portion of 9 ing to the rear. I said upper plane, exerts a strong lifting ef Referring to the drawings, the frame of feet thereon. The air ship is supported my improved machine comprlses a plurality partly by means of a pair of wheels 26 rotatof bars 1 extending longitudinally of the maing loosely on a transverse shaft 27 which is chine and'spreading out at the center and supported by forwardly and rearwardly exconnectedat their front and rear ends. I tending pairs of legs or braces 28 of which have herein shown four only of these bars, the front legs are secured to the frame of the but there may be any number as desired. chamber and the rear legs or braces are se- Surrounding said bars is a casing 2 of cancured at their upper ends to the lower plane vas painted, varnished, or the like, thus 24. Said legs 28 diverge downward so that forming a chamber 3 for the engine 1, avithe wheels may be at a considerably greater ators or passengers, gasolene tank and other distance from each other than the width of articles necessary to be carried. The chamthe body of the chamber 3. 4 ber 3 is enlarged at the top, as shown as 7, Said lower plane is additionally secured by means of suitable longitudinal rods '8 to said upper plane by means of struts 29 and and transverse rods 9, said enlargement havties 31 and supported upon certain of said ing an opening at its front end through struts 29 are bearings 32 for the propeller which an aviator on a seat 10 can observe the shafts 18. Propellers ,33 mounted on said taining-plane is cut away at its rear edge,

as shown at 34, and in said cutaway portions are pivoted to the rear edges of the upper plane, as shown at 36, ailerons 37.,

operated in a manner well known in the art by cords 38. Behind the engine is a second controlling seat 39, seated upon can control a steering wheel 41 which is connected to the same parts as the front steering wheel 11.

Pivoted to a transverse bar and depending therefrom are bars 42, the lower ends of which are suitably guided, and carrying stirrups 44 by which they may be pushed forward by the aviator seated upon each of which an aviator the seats 10 and 39. Said bars- 42 are connected to cords 46 which are connected to the rudder 48'to steer the flying machine to one side or the other. Connected to both bars 42 is a cord 49 which passes around a stationary pulley 51, so that, upon pushing one rod, the other rod is drawn to the steersman.

Secured to, and extending from, the rear portion of theframe of the chamber 3 are longitudinally extendingbars 52, transverse bars 53 and curved outer bars 54 forming the frame work of a sustaining plane 56, covered in the ordinary manner by canvas or other suitable material. The rear edge of said rear plane extends transversely of the air ship, and to said rear edge are pivoted, as shown at 57, elevating planes 58 extending rearwardly therefrom and operated inthe usual manner. The'inner edges of said elevating planes diverge from each other, and between'them is located the steering rudder 48, its front edge being pivotally secured to the rear edge of the frame of the chamber and also to the rear edge of a pin 59 extending centrally upward from said body. Cords extend from said steering rudder around direction pulleys 61 and through holes in the body of the flying machine to the steering wheel, in the usual manner.

It is very important that provision be made for an aviator changing from one of the two seats 10 and 39 to the other when required without unduly increasing the width of the body of the flying machine, said'increase in width causing increased re- .the engine is provide a space sistance to the passage of the machine.

through the air. The difiiculty of so passing from the observation seat in front of the engine to that of passing the engine. At present this is done by passing the engine on the same level as said engine. But this requires that the body or chamber 3 be of sufiicient width, not only to inclose the engine but also to provide av space on one side or the other, or both, of the engine along which a person can travel. Practically it is necessary that a space on both sides be provided, for it is necessary that both the engine and the chamber should be arranged symmetrically'of the flying machine, and therefore it is not permissible to only on one side of the engine. The resistance of the air to the passage of the flying machine being dependent principally upon the width of the body of the machine, and any increase in its width increasing the resistance without correspondingly increasing the elevating or sustaining power, any increase in its width, therefore, is a dead loss to the flying machine. I overcome this objection by providing a passage directly over the engine, and for this purpose I provide transverse cleats or bars 62, and on the top of these are secured longitudinal bars 67, said bars 67 being spaced: below the raised portion of said chamber 3, so that an aviator can travel there'between. 1

Additionalchairs 68 for passengers are located behind the controlling chair 39.

For supporting the flying machine upon the ground, there are provided, in addition to the wheels 26, a skid 69, pivoted at 71 to said body, the upper end of which is secured to one end of a spring 72, the other end'of which is secured to of the body. The lower portion of the skid is adapted to contact with the ground as the machine travels.

Anllair ship having an engine for propelling the ship, aviators seats before and behind the.engine,a'body inclosing the engine pass over the engine.

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